音樂新文化 2017:不協和的融和
II. Chinese Ensemble Music Showcase
中樂作品展演
30.1.2018
8 p.m.
Tuesday 星 期 二
Lee Hysan Concert Hall, CUHK
香港中文大學利希慎音樂廳
Programme by Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble
Conductor: Ho Man-chuen
Stephen Yip │ Motto for Beauty (2017)(7’)*
Law Wing-fai │ The Drunken Tai Bai (1985)(7’)
Leung Ka-tung │ Desert Dew (2014)(7’)
Chan Ming-chi │ The Legend of Windscape (2015)(9’)
Leung Hin-yan│ Renovated Tradition (2017)(10’)
Tang Man-ngai │ City of Lights (2017)(7’)*
Chan Nga-man │ The Morning Mist (2015)(7’10”)
Chris Hung │ The Yu Lan Festival (2014-15, rev. 2017)(10’)
竹韻小集節目
指揮:何文川
葉樹堅 │ 鏡明塵空 (2017)(7’)*
羅永暉 │ 太白醉酒 (1985)(7’)
梁家棟 │ 漠露 (2014)(7’)
陳明志 │ 風姿花傳 (2015)(9’)
梁騫仁 │ 古韻新音 (2017)(10’)
鄧文藝 │ 燈影城樓 (2017)(7’)*
陳雅雯 │ 晨靄 (2015)(7’10”)
洪銘健 │ 盂蘭盛會 (2014-15初稿,2017年修訂)(10’)
*Commissioned by Hong Kong Composers’ Guild in 2017 with support from Hong Kong Arts Development Council. 此作品於2017年由香港作曲家聯會委約,費用由香港藝術發展局資助。
Performer
演奏者
30.1.2018 - Chinese Ensemble Music Showcase
中樂作品展演
Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble 竹韻小集
Conductor: Ho Man-chuen 指揮:何文川
Founded in 2003, Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble is a professional Chinese music ensemble actively promoting local talents and producing quality chamber concerts with a mission to promote Chinese music culture in Hong Kong and to show the unique charm of Chinese instrumental ensemble music. The Ensemble bears the artistic motto ‘Small but Elegant, Simple yet Refined’ of characteristic Chinese music, passing on Cantonese, Hakka and Chiuchow music culture. Since its establishment, it has presented over 50 series concerts and 400 outreach concerts, commissioned and premièred over 20 new works by Hong Kong composers, and cooperated with many international and local maestros. In 2011, conductor Ho Man-chuen was appointed as its Artistic Adviser, and the Ensemble’s founder Chan Chiu-yin was appointed as its Executive Director. Currently it is a grant recipient of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and a registered non-profit-making organization in Hong Kong.
Representing Hong Kong, the Ensemble has been engaging in various cultural exchange performances in over 20 countries and regions. Invited performances include Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week (2011), the Chinese Traditional Wind Instrument Music Week at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (2012), China-ASEAN (Nanning) Music Week (2013), Musicarama (2014), Macau International Music Festival (2015), Silk Road International Arts Festival (2016), Chengdu International Sister Cities Youth Music Festival (2017) and other international music festivals.
竹韻小集成立於2003年,為重視本土、製作精緻、充滿活力的專業小型中樂團體,以發揚「香港中樂文化」為目標,致力展現中國音樂「小而美、簡而精」的獨特魅力。現任常任樂師皆為香港各大專院校音樂科系畢業的優秀青年音樂家,具有豐富演出經驗。樂器種類齊全,編制上繼承了傳統絲竹樂演奏形式,表現手法靈活,勝任傳統與現代的作品,配備各種香港本土傳統和特色樂器,薪傳具有香港特色的廣府、客家及潮汕音樂文化,並委約及首演香港作曲家新作品逾二十首。自成立至今已策劃系列音樂會逾五十場及社區外展音樂會逾四百場,曾合作演出的國際與香港本地名家多不勝數。2011年成立「竹韻小集有限公司」,由知名指揮家何文川擔任藝術指導,樂團創辦人陳照延擔任行政總監,帶領樂團開創新里程。現為香港藝術發展局資助藝團及香港註冊慈善機構。
竹韻小集曾多次代表香港作交流演出,介紹「香港中樂文化」,足跡遍及亞洲、北美洲及歐洲二十多個國家和地區。曾應邀出席之藝術節活動包括「張家界國際鄉村音樂週」(2011)、「上海音樂學院民族管樂週」(2012)、「中國-東盟(南寧)音樂週」(2013)、「音樂新文化」(2014)、「澳門國際音樂節」(2015)、「中國國際青年藝術週」(2016)、「絲綢之路國際藝術節」(2016)、「成都國際友城青年音樂週」(2017)等。
Performers
演奏者
13.10.2017 - Choral and Vocal Music Concert
合唱及聲樂作品音樂會
The Hong Kong Children’s Choir 香港兒童合唱團
Music Director/Principal Conductor: Kathy Fok 音樂總監兼首席指揮: 霍嘉敏
The Hong Kong Children’s Choir (HKCC) was founded in 1969 as a registered non-profit-making charitable organization and has made tremendous contributions for children’s arts training in Hong Kong. HKCC is now the biggest choir in the world and has grown into a diversified arts organization for children.
HKCC is invited to perform overseas each year, spreading the message of love and peace in different parts of the world. The Choir has been well received and appreciated in many countries, gaining an international reputation as the “Little Goodwill Singing Ambassadors” and “one of the best children’s choirs in the world”. HKCC was named “China’s Top Ten Children Chorus” in 2003 and won the prestigious “Award of the Audience” at the “Vivace 2006 International Choir Festival” in Hungary. In 2008, the choir was awarded the “Gold Cup” from “Shanghai International Children’s Chorus Festival”. In 2014, HKCC is selected by the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) as one of the IFCM Ambassadors for 2013 to 2015. The Choir was invited to perform in the 2014 “10th World Symposium on Choral Music” in South Korea and 2015 “The 1st IFCM World Choral Expo” in Macau.
Apart from touring abroad, HKCC also actively participates in local charitable events, including the 1999 “Chorathon” to raise fund for children with hearing disabilities, 2001 “Bridges of Friendship, Bridges of Songs” concert for the Hong Kong Association of the Deaf, 2003 “All for Love” fundraising concert for We Care Education Fund established for children who lost their parents in SARS, 2006 fundraising concert for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008 fundraising music marathon for UNICEF to help children after the Sichuan earthquake, 2010 “Qinghai Earthquake Relief Fundraising Concert” for World Vision Hong Kong to help earthquake victims in Qinghai, “Carol Singing Festival 2011 Sing for Our Next Generation Charity Concert” for the Child Development Matching Fund and 2012 “Bridge of Love Fundraising Concert” for Suen Mei Speech & Hearing Centre which serves children with hearing impairment.
As the children’s choir that best represents Hong Kong, HKCC took part in many historical moments, including the Hong Kong Handover Ceremony in 1997, the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong International Airport in 1998, the Hong Kong Disneyland Grand Opening in 2005, various performances to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s reunification with China in 2007, and series of performances celebrating the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, celebrations for the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China, the East Asian Games in 2009, and performances celebrating the 15th Anniversary as well as the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of HKSAR in 2012 and 2017.
香港兒童合唱團(簡稱「香兒」)成立於1969年,為政府註冊非牟利慈善團體,多年來積極推動藝術培訓,為香港音樂及文化界培育不少人才。現時「香兒」已成為世界上人數最多、組織最龐大的兒童合唱團,更發展為一個多元兒童藝術團體。
「香兒」每年均到外地演出,把愛與和平的訊息傳遍世界,獲譽為「小小音樂親善大使」和「世界最傑出兒童合唱團之一」。「香兒」於2003年獲選為「中國十大少年合唱團」,2006年於匈牙利「Vivace國際合唱節」中奪得最高殊榮的「最受觀眾歡迎大獎」,2008年在「上海國際童聲合唱展演」獲頒贈「金杯獎」,2014年更獲選為2013至2015年度「國際合唱聯盟大使」,並獲邀出席2014年韓國「第十屆世界合唱會議」,以及2015年澳門「首屆國際合唱聯盟世界合唱博覽會」,同時作示範演出。
除外地演出,「香兒」亦積極參與各項慈善表演,包括1999年為聽障兒童籌款的「香港合唱馬拉松」、2001年為香港聾人協進會籌款的「2001慈善音樂會——橋」、2003年聯同護幼教育基金為沙士孤雛籌募教育經費而舉辦的「全賴愛:護幼音樂會」、2006年為香港中文大學籌款的「萬眾童心籌款音樂會」、2008年為聯合國兒童基金會募捐以幫助四川大地震受災兒童的「『童聲傳千里.愛心暖蜀童』馬拉松音樂會」、2010年為香港世界宣明會募捐以協助青海地震災民的「青海地震籌款音樂會」、2011年為兒童發展配對基金籌款的「『聖誕頌歌節2011』啟動慈善音樂會」及2012年為服務聽障兒童的宣美語言及聽覺訓練中心籌款的「心.橋籌款音樂會」。
「香兒」為本港最具代表性的兒童合唱團,經常於香港的歷史性時刻演出,包括1997年香港政權交接儀式、1998年香港國際機場開幕典禮、2005年香港迪士尼樂園開幕典禮、2007年多場慶祝香港回歸10週年的活動、2008年一系列迎接北京奧運活動、2009年多場慶祝建國60週年系列活動、東亞運動會開幕禮、2012年多場慶祝香港回歸15週年的活動及2017年回歸20週年文藝晚會及活動。
I. Choral and Vocal Music Concert
合唱及聲樂作品音樂會
13.10.2017
8 p.m.
Friday 星 期 五
Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall
香港大會堂劇院
Programme by the Hong Kong Children's Choir
Conductors: Albert Lim, Vivian Suen
Hui Cheung-wai │ The Bamboo Grove (2014)(3’40”)
Leung Chi-hin │ Thoughts of Separation (2016)(4’)
Thomas Wong│ Here’s to Life (2016)(4’30”)
Wong Kong-yu │ Two Poems of Chen Zi-ang (2017)(5’30”)
Viola Yuen │ On a Sleepless Night (2016)(7’10”)
Li Kar-yee │Waiting for…x3 (2017)(5’40”)*
Chan Sze-rok │ The Superstitious Ghost (2017)(5’)*
Vocal works:
Lin Sheng-shih│ Four Cancrizans Poems by Su Shi (1963-65)(12’)
Chan Kai-young │ Poem Without a Title: Hard it is to Meet and Part (2014)(4’30”)
Galison Lau │ When I have Thought of You (2017)(6’)*
Austin Yip │ The Poetess (2011)(7’)
Anthony Cheng │ Chanson Triste (2002, rev. 2017)(8’)
Lee Kar-tai│ Nostalgia in Four Rhymes (2013)(5’)
Tam Chin-fai │ Liao Zhai: Wailing Ghosts (2017)(6’)*
香港兒童合唱團節目
指揮:林俊、孫明慧
許翔威│ 竹里館 (2014)(3’40”)
梁智軒│ 離思 (2016)(4’)
黃子衡│ 將進酒 (2016)(4’30”)
王廣宇│ 陳子昂詩兩首 (2017)(5’30”)
阮慧玲│ 不寐倦長更 (2016)(7’10”)
李嘉怡│ 等‧等‧等 (2017)(5’40”)*
陳詩諾│ 迷信的幽靈 (2017)(5’)*
聲樂作品:
林聲翕│ 蘇軾迴文詞四首 (1963-65)(12’)
陳啟揚│ 無題:相見時難別亦難 (2014)(4’30”)
劉詠浲│ 當我想到你的時候 (2017)(6’)*
葉浩堃│ 易安居士 (2011)(7’)
鄭汝森│ 悲‧歌 (2002初稿,2017年修訂)(8’)
李家泰│ 鄉愁四韻 (2013)(5’)
譚展輝│ 聊齋之鬼哭 (2017)(6’)*